PET. CORNER -

Dogs get: tonsiliti is too

1OHN ROBINSON, D.V.M.

moot you must be fooling

. said Pauline Drew, -

“you. mean dogs have “ton-
silitis too?”

“Yes,” I replied, “and the
course and outcome are very
similar to the condition. in
the human.”

- The Drew's female Bassett
was six months old and had
been off its food for several
days -and trying -to bring
something up but then
swallowing it again. When

‘she went out into the garden

she immediately started to”

eat grass.

She had a temperature of _

103 degrees which was a.two
degree rise indicating a
possible bacterial infection
but certainly no raging fever.
I opened the mouth and saw
at the back of the. tongye on
either side the enlarged
reddened tonsils, which were
the obvious cause of the
problem. There were no
other detectable . ab-
normalities.

“Well, I'm going to give

her some antibiotic in-..--

jections for a couple of days
as there is always a chance -
that she may vomit anything
given by mouth.”

I included ‘some cortisone
in the injection which is an.
anti-inflammatory drug and
would reduce the soreness.

“We will repeat. this.
tomorrow,” I continued,
“and then when she is a bit
better we'll switch over to
oral medication for a few
more days. Meanwhile give
her- tasty food and nothing
dry or hard. which might
aggravate the condition.”

Pauline Drew seémed
highly amused... “what
about ice cream? That's
what we gave the kids when
they had it,” she suggested as
she was leaving.

Tonsilitis is common in
dogs between 6 and 18
months. The tonsils are.
collections of lymphoid
tissue whose function is to
entrap any- bacterial in-
fection entering the system
at that point and = con-
Sequently are very
vulnerable.

_ Most cases respond well to

antibiotics if the cause is a
bacterium but sometimes it

Wocdwands

CORRECTION

TABLOID inserted in_ the
Columbian, June 16 and 20,
1979, the RAichmond
Review, June 16, 1979, the
North Shore News, June 17,
1979.

Page Ow, Item C, Home
Sound Library, price on
itustration should havé read
5.88.

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Case, price on iiiustration
should have read 7.88) Page
19w, Item KK, Nylon Rein-
forced Hose not exactly as
lustrated

Woodward's apologizes to its
customers for any — in-
convenience these errors
may have caused

is caused by a foreign.
body... spike of wood, grass
‘seed .or similar —-material
getting into a tonsil crypt
and causing irritation.

In these cases it is
necessary to give a general
anaesthetic and_ carefully
search around the tonsil. If
_ there are repeated attacks or
“if the acute inflammation is

not treated then chronic.

‘tonsilitis may ensue.
~The glands ‘become a

. reservoir of infection with

subseqtient bouts of
diarrhea, possible anal gland

infection, chronic inap-.

petance and general ill
‘health = resulting in poor

condition and the bony

frame often seen in young

Poodles and Maltese.

The, long-term effects of
this may be a thickening of

‘the soft palate with frequent

gagging... ‘so .bad in some

N

“

cases that a palate resection”

becomes necessary. The
other long term effects such
as nephritis or kidney in-
flammation may be a sequel
to long-standing infection
because of the toxin which is

absorbed into the blood~

Stream: and circulates
through every organ. *.

We. have performed
‘tonsilectomies--in a great

number of dogs and seen a”

wonderful .improvement in

their general health. One.

important consideration in
the operation is that the
dog’s .mouth, when the

‘patient is under general ~

anaesthesia, can be opened
wide to give good access to
the surgical area and make
hemhorrage_ easily. con-
trolled, unlike in the human
patient where visualisation is
poor, and the possibility of
serious. bleeding is a

- surgeon’s nightmare. .

987-9015.

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Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Transportation,
Communications and Highways
Hon. Alex V. Fraser, Minister

”

The southbound curb lane of the Second Narrows Bridge is now
| closed to allow for repairs to the road surface. This closure will
. remain in effect until approximately July 15th.

The closure is necessary so that the road may be prepared for
pouring a new concrete road surface. Following the pouring, time is

required to allow the concrete to cure before the lane is re-opened
to traffic.

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